McGuire twins

Billy Leon McCrary (December 7, 1946 - July 14, 1979) and Benny Loyd McCrary (December 7, 1946 - March 26, 2001), known together as the McGuire twins, were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Heaviest Twins" (328 kilograms (720 lb) and 338 kilograms (750 lb), correspondingly).^[1] A Guinness photo depicts the twins riding their Honda motorcycles.

Stage career

Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States, the twins began using the stage name McGuire and gained popularity as tag-team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows.^[2]

Death

Billy McCrary died on July 14, 1979 at the age of 32, following a motorcycle accident during a stunt at Niagara Falls.^[3] Benny lived for 21 more years, until his death at age 54 on March 26, 2001 of heart failure.^[2]

Pop culture references

In an episode of The Simpsons, during a scene involving a trial, Attorney Lionel Hutz (voiced by Phil Hartman) called in several surprise witnesses to the trial. The last two people to come through the door were two large men on motorcycles who were implied to be the McGuire twins. They also appeared on the "Blind Ambition" episode of Family Guy and were referred to as "the world's fattest twins." A parody version of the twins can also be found in the Speed Demon segment of the Moonwalker film by Michael Jackson. In the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man," when Randy tells Captain Stottlemeyer he thinks there may be a serial killer murdering world record holders, Stottlemeyer responds sarcastically, "Do you think we ought to warn the fat twins on the motorcycles?"

See also

• List of the heaviest people
• Obesity

References

1. ^ Breo, Dennis (1978-01-09). "The Wrestling Mc Guire Twins Weigh 747 and 727 but It's Their Opponents Who Go Boing, Boing". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20069946,00.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Oliver, Greg. "Benny McGuire dead at 54". canoe.ca. http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosM/mcguire-can.html. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
3. ^ Moran, Mark; Sceurman, Mark (2004). Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. pp. 288. ISBN 0-760-75043-2. 

External links

• Benny McCrary at Find a Grave
• Billy McCrary at Find a Grave

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Name	Macguire
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Date of birth	December 7, 1946
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Date of death	July 14, 1979
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